Syria

Turkish rescuers have saved 14-year-old Osman 11 days after the earthquake jolted Turkey and neighbouring Syria

Rescuers on Tuesday were working to reach people under the rubble in three provinces hit hard by the devastating quakes that hit Turkey and Syria.

A baby girl born under the rubble of her family’s home in northern Syria after last week’s devastating earthquake was in good health Monday and being breastfed by the wife of the director of the hospital where she is being cared for, her doctor said.

The desperate search for earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria entered its final hours Monday as rescuers using sniffer dogs and thermal cameras surveyed pulverized apartment blocks for any sign of life a week after the disaster.

The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and northwestern Syria has gone past 34,000 as rescue efforts continue, reported CNN.

The death toll across Turkey and Syria following Monday's earthquake reached 28,192 on Saturday (local time), reported CNN.

Rescuers pulled out children on Friday (local time) from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the toll crossed 24,000, reported The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH).

An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 on the Richter scale occurred 19 km SW of Malatya in Turkey.

The death toll from the earthquakes that jolted Turkey and Syria has risen to 20,783, CNN reported citing authorities.

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